Argos

Supermarket group expects full-year profit to exceed analyst estimate of €631m

Catalogue retailer employs over 1,000 people across 40 stores in Ireland

British consumer spending is also under pressure from rising inflation

WhatsApp users advised to delete messages offering cash vouchers and promotions

From kitchens to bowls, the outlook is far from blue

Company will need an estimated €2bn to build all the new homes it has planned

Despite consumer spending growth since Brexit, retailers fear inflationary spend reduction

Drivers’ union Aslef and the RMT protesting over plans to operate driver-only trains

Britain’s second biggest supermarket continues to slug it out with rivals

Improvement despite takeover by Sainsbury’s and poor weather

Recall affects Ireland where ‘small number’ of Mamas & Papas seats have been sold

Aryzta puts some of last week’s troubles behind it, rising 5 per cent to €35.50

Supermarket group ponders whether to boost its bid for Argos owner Home Retail Group

Irish and foreign interest expected in fully occupied park providing income return of 7%

Meanwhile EasyJet founder takes on Aldi and Lidl with easyFoodstore in London

Deal will combine two of the UK’s biggest retailers in an effort to fight back against competition

Homebase to rebrand as Bunnings in Ireland and the UK as it goes head-to-head with B&Q

Owner Home Retail in talks to sell Homebase chain to Australia’s Wesfarmers

Sisters are obliged to fork out for a ‘gender tax’ – not only for products they have to buy

Plus: Gearing up for a switch from automatic to manual

Fianna Fáil urges Ministers not to attend opening of new call centre in Limerick

Tullow Oil loses 9.9% in Dublin after further falls in oil price, but Ryanair gains 2.2%

Deal with Home Retail Group would combine two of the UK’s largest retailers

Retailers told to stop selling items due to inability to prove safety certification

Faulty boards at risk of overheating, exploding or catching fire

Argos says it has been selling three Star Wars products a minute since the start of December

Retailers around the country cutting prices and coming up with attractive bargains

Consumers queue overnight for some stores, with sales beginning at 5am

Shops are questioning whether the sales event is more trouble than it’s worth

Home Retail Group shares rose the most in more than two years after reports suggest £1bn bid could be forthcoming

Dublin market out-performs peers thanks to strong shows from CRH and Smurfit Kappa

Take-up by chain stores suggests recovery in retail sector spreading outside Dublin

Some people complained to ASAI that language used was ‘coarse, vulgar and offensive’

Davidson Kempner is top bidder for Nutgrove and four others producing rent of €12.2m

Plus: takeaway coffee campaign to help humanitarian crisis

Sales at stores open over a year fall 2.8% in the 13 weeks to the end of August

Store takes over vacant retail spaces at Westend Retail Park and Parkway Retail Park

Plus: The bank that likes to send scary letters for no reason

Portfolio of retail assets largest to come on market since crash